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Policy Priorities to Improve the Nation's Health

The AAMC serves and leads the academic medicine community to improve the health of all. As the only place where medical education, patient care, medical research, and the community come together, medical schools and teaching hospitals are central to the future of health care.

Coronovirus Resources for the Academic Community Here
YouTube Live Event: Mask Me Anything: Voting Edition

The AAMC's Atul Grover & Ross McKinney answered your questions about how to vote safely

AAMC Research and Action Institute Executive Director Atul Grover, MD, PhD, and AAMC Chief Scientific Officer Ross McKinney Jr., MD, joined participants for a live Q&A event to answer questions about how to vote safely.

Washington Highlights

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Brief updates on the latest legislative and regulatory activities affecting medical schools and teaching hospitals.

Advocacy-Related News & Insights

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Press Releases
AAMC Recommendations for The Way Forward on COVID-19 Testing
October 22, 2020
Advocacy
Video: COVID-19 and The Way Forward - RNC Edition
Press Releases
AAMC Statement on Department of Justice Lawsuit Challenging Yale University Admissions
October 9, 2020
Advocacy
Video: COVID-19 and The Way Forward - DNC Edition
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Testimony and Correspondence

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Congressional testimony, letters to Capitol Hill and federal agencies, and comment letters on policy issues and federal regulations.

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A comprehensive examination of the issues affecting academic medicine and the future of health care.

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Voices of Academic Medicine

Karen Fisher, JD

Karen Fisher, JD, AAMC Chief Public Policy Officer

"When leaders of academic medicine articulate their views with strength, passion, and evidence in opinion pieces, letters to the editor, and other communications, members of Congress listen."